ABSTRACT OF PROBATE RECORDS AT FAIRFIELD CO., CT--Vol. 9, 1725

BEARDSLEE, Jershua, late of Stratford, will dated May 10, 1740, probated July ? 1740, mentioned his sister Abigail Fairchild, mother Ann Beardslee, sisters Ann Lake, Hester Beardslee, and Tabitha Beardslee. Executrix her mother Ann Beardslee. Witnesses Theophilus Nickolls, Isaac Judson Wells and John Salter, page 33. Inventory taken Dec. 10, 1740, by Theophilus Nickolls and William Smith, and filed May 5, 1741, page 34.

BEARDSLEY, Joseph, late of Stratford, inventory taken Sept. 2, 1735, by Daniel Porter and Eliphant Curtis, verified by Merriday Bostwick, administrator, and filed Nov. 18, 1745, page 283.

BEARDSLEE, Sarah, late of Stratford, inventory taken Mch. 16, 1739/40, by Theophilus Nickolls and William Smith, Sr., verified by Ann Beardslee, executrix, and filed May 5, 1741, page 39.

BEARDSLEE, Zachariah, late of Stratford, inventory taken Dec. 5, 1748, by Joseph Blackleach and Samuel Adams, verified by Nathaniel Lewis and Ichabod Lewis, administrators, and filed Dec. 6, 1748, page 536.

BEFFIN, Roger, late of ye Island of Antigua, now residing at Stratford, will dated Aug. 3, 1743, probated Nov. 15, 1743, legacies to William Furnell ye younger son of my good friend William Furnell of Antigua, Margaret Merchant ye daughter of my good friend Benjamin Merchant, Elizabeth Furnell a sister of said William Furnell, Church of England in Stratford, and Mary wife of John Pryn of Stratford. Executor Samuel Johnson of Stratford of estate in Connecticut, and William Furnell of estate in Antigua. Witnesses Edmond Lewis, Theophilus Miles and Robert Walker, page 140. Inventory Taken Dec. 27, 1743, by Edmond Lewis and Ephraim Curtiss, and filed Feb. 26, 1744, page 217.

BENEDICT, Thomas, Sr., late of Norwalk, will dated Jan. 17, 1738/9, probated June 5, 1744, mentioned his children Mary, Rachael, Sarah, Samuel, and Thomas, legacy to (continued on page 158).

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